حزين

See also: حزین‎, جزين‎, and جرين‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ز ن‎ (ḥ-z-n).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

حَزِين • (ḥazīn) (masculine plural حَزِينُونَ‎ (ḥazīnūna) or حُزَنَاء‎ (ḥuzanāʔ) or حِزَان‎ (ḥizān) or حَزَانَى‎ (ḥazānā), feminine plural حَزِينَات‎ (ḥazīnāt), elative أَحْزَن‎ (ʔaḥzan))

  1. sad, sorrowful
    Antonyms: فَرِح‎ (fariḥ), فَرْحَان‎ (farḥān)

Usage notes

  • The Arabic word is not usually employed for things that inspire sadness. For that use مُحْزِن‎ (muḥzin), e.g. خَبَر مُحْزِن (ḵabar muḥzin, “sad news”).

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħażin
  • South Levantine Arabic: حزين‎ (ḥazīn)
  • → Azerbaijani: həzin
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حزین‎
  • → Persian: حزین‎
  • → Ladino: hazino
  • → Spanish: hacino
  • → Uzbek: hazin

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ز ن‎

Etymology

From Arabic حَزِين‎ (ḥazīn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ziːn/, [ħaˈziːn]
  • (file)

Adjective

حزين • (ḥazīn) (feminine حزانة‎ (ḥazīne), common plural حزانى‎ (ḥazāna) or حزنا‎ (ḥuzana))

  1. sad (people and things)
    Synonym: حزنان‎ (ḥaznān)
    Antonyms: (of people) مبسوط‎ (mabsūṭ), فرحان‎ (farḥān), (things, wishes) سعيد‎ (saʕīd)

See also

  • حزن‎ (ḥizin, “to get sad”)
  • زعلان‎ (zaʕlān, “angry, annoyed; upset, distressed”)
  • كئيب‎ (kaʔīb, “gloomy, depressed”)
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